I'm not sure I would trust a (f)MRI analysis, but I expect it could be tested for. Experiment designers can come up with very cunning methods to tweak these th

I'm not sure I would trust a (f)MRI analysis, but I expect it could be tested for. Experiment designers can come up with very cunning methods to tweak these things out. There are experiments showing that some people who are cortically blind can make decisions based upon the vision of which they have no sense experience. The McGurk effect demonstrates people having an experience that isn't real. In fact the McGurk effect also shows how difficult things get with terminology when you 'hear' something different to what you hear. It's the same problem I mentioned above. If you feel like you are hearing 'da' when your ears receive 'ba' what are you actually 'hearing'?